Mass Effect Wiki Guide

Major Kyle part 1

Just as a quick note to the reader -- this mission is originally known as Strange Transmission, but will be renamed as soon as you begin undertaking the mission. Hopefully, that will clear up any confusion. As the map above shows, you'll need to head to the Presidium to undertake this mission. Go to the embassies and head to the C-Sec representative's office. You'll find a computer there (shown in the screen below) that will grant you a hidden message once the computer is hacked. And with the hacking of the computer comes the following side quest.

To get to where you need to go, head to the Normandy and go to your galactic map. Zoom all the way out and locate Hawking Eta. Head there, looking thereafter for Century (it should be the only option for you). Once you've arrived at the Century solar system, you'll need to locate Presrop. It's not a planet, but rather a small moon orbiting another planet, so look carefully. In between traveling to the solar system and locating the moon, you'll be filled in on the details of the side quest. Answer according to your alignment (or whatever otherwise suits your fancy) and then head to the moon to begin your mission.

Once you've landed the Mako on the surface of the moon, take a look at the map above. You'll need to head in a southwesterly direction in order to find the so-called Biotic Compound. About an inch North and a little East of the Anomaly pictured on the map is an Abandoned Mining Camp. It is not marked on the moon's map. There is also a Surveyed Uranium Deposit directly East of the Biotic Compound that is also not on the map.

Getting into the compound isn't as easy as you might think. There's a number of ways that the base can be breached in order to give you access. As you talk to an anonymous voice at the door to the base, you'll eventually be given blue and red-colored options that will allow you to take Paragon or Renegade routes. You can enter with guns blazing, but we don't recommend it, since the enemies inside are fairly powerful Biotics that will give the party a hard time. Try to find a peaceful way into the compound. This way, you can raid what items they have without having to worry about fighting. If you have a change of heart when the side quest comes to an end, you can always come back and take out the foes later.

The compound has two floors with identical layouts. The items found on the various levels, however, are different. Start on the first floor, using our map above to find everything there. Since the layouts are the same on the two floors, we've used the same maps, simply putting a (2) next to anything that's found not on the first floor, but on the second floor. Remember - if you came in here guns blazing, you'll need to kill the biotics within. If not, keep your gun holstered and don't get yourself into any trouble. This is a fight you might not be able to survive (depending on when you tackle this side quest, of course).